Get ready for your exam...

Review

Examiation day is about a kid who has a normal life, just like ours. He then finds out that on his 12th birthday he needs to take a test that is nothing like the school ones. His parents start getting worried and hide something from Dickie. After Dickie takes the test, a drone informs he was above average and said this afterwards: "Wether his body interred by the givernment, or would you prefer a private burial place?"

This story's imagery is not too descriptive, but it manages to create a good picture in your head of the character's situation. Another thing the author does is create a kind of suspense with the imagery.

"here a single wooden armchair faced a multi-dialled computing machine. There was a microphone on the left arm of the chair, and when the boy sat down, he found its pinpoint head conveniently at his mouth" How did they know this? had his government been watching him before the test?

Now I wanna talk about how the Jordans' behaviour was affecting the book's development. On the book we can see Mr. Jordan behaving strangely. He is clearly angry or worried about something and is hiding it from Dickie."-Forget about it,- he said. -He’ll do all right-". "Nobody knows,- his father snapped, then immediately regretted his abruptness." Why is Mr. Jordan like this? You would get the answer later. As any other parent, Mr Jordan is worried about his son and wants to take care of him, so he tries to explain to Dickie how the test will go. "Now, it’s nothing to worry about. Thousands of children take this test every day. The Government wants to know how smart you are, Dickie. That’s all there is to it.’' . There is a noticable mood of sadness and worries.

This story was really interesting to read. It has a way of creating suspension to you. the story also turns around everything after you know how things really are with the 'simple test'. This story explains how our lives are chosen and managed by technology too.